{"id":7041,"date":"2018-09-05T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=7041"},"modified":"2018-09-05T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:17:00","slug":"visiting-writers-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/visiting-writers-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Writers Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradocollege.edu\/academics\/dept\/english\/visiting-writer-series\/\">Fall 2018 Calendar<\/a><br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t want to miss any of the amazing speakers coming to campus such as&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Julia Dixon Evans<br \/>\nTuesday, Sep. 11, , 7 p.m., JLK McHugh Commons<\/h2>\n<p>Julia Dixon Evans is the author of the novel How to Set Yourself on Fire (Dzanc Books, 2018). Her work can be found or is forthcoming in McSweeney&#8217;s, Paper Darts, New York Tyrant \/ Tyrant Books, Barrelhouse, San Diego CityBeat, and elsewhere. She is the Founding Editor and host of Last Exit, a brand new literary journal, reading, and workshop series. She also serves as Senior Columns Editor for The Coil is Nonfiction Editor for Noble \/ Gas Qrtrly. She was a 2014 PEN in the Community Resident, and taught creative writing to ARTS&#8217; TranscenDANCE youth dancers, and is the former Program Director and editor for So Say We All, a literary nonprofit. She lives in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOffbeat and winning&#8230;the story of a surprisingly touching friendship between a 35-year-old woman and her 12-year-old neighbor&#8230;It\u2019s impossible not to be charmed by Torrey and Sheila\u2019s relationship.\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Colorado College English Department with the support of the MacLean Visiting Writers Endowment. All events free and open to the public. For more information, call (719) 389-6853.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the\u00a0Fall 2018 Calendar You don&#8217;t want to miss any of the amazing speakers coming to campus such as&#8230; Julia Dixon Evans Tuesday, Sep. 11, , 7 p.m., JLK McHugh Commons Julia Dixon Evans is the author of the novel How to Set Yourself on Fire (Dzanc Books, 2018). 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